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Captain Crooked Grin

Pirate Pumpkin Face — pumpkin carving stencil

A diagonal eye patch, a squint and a crooked grin create a little porch pirate. The strap is part of the patch silhouette, rather than a line across the full face.

Free printable PDFA4 & US LetterNo sign-up

Captain Crooked Grin

Illustration previewDark shapes on paper = cut out

Your pumpkin, your way

Captain Crooked Grin

A little detail

A slanted eye patch, a squint and a lopsided grin for a tiny porch pirate.

160 mm 6.3 in
160 mm185 mm

Sets the printed width. The pumpkin illustration stays the same size.

Print layoutA4 · 160 mm wideChoose Paper stencil for a larger print preview.

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Check narrow gaps on the printed template before carving.

Build your own pumpkin face →Mix eyes, a smile and playful extras to make a separate design.

Pirate Pumpkin Face: dark shapes to cut out; light spaces to keep connected
The actual stencil · Dark shapes are removed.

A closer look at this pattern

What to cut. What to keep.

Follow these shapes

Trace the patch and its short diagonal strap as one shape. The squint and sloping mouth are separate openings, with a light tooth interrupting the mouth’s upper edge.

Leave these areas connected

Leave the tooth attached above the grin and keep the spaces between the strap, other eye and mouth. Do not extend the patch strap through those retained areas.

Fit this design to your pumpkin

Check the upper-left end of the strap and the far-right end of the smile: the face extends in different directions at the top and bottom. Mirroring flips the whole pirate expression.

Print width: 160–185 mm. Check the whole print against your pumpkin before transferring; this range does not guarantee the design will be easy to carve.

From this page to your pumpkin

Print, check, transfer.

Set the width of this pumpkin carving stencil with the controls above, flip the whole design if needed, and choose A4 or US Letter. The PDF keeps your chosen measurements; PNG gives you an image for other projects.

  1. Download the PDF and print at 100% or Actual size. Measure the 50 mm line to check your printer settings.
  2. Tape ordinary printer paper over a smooth area. Trace with transfer paper underneath, or mark closely spaced dots along the dark outlines.
  3. Remove the paper and compare your marks with the cut-and-keep notes above. An adult handles carving; use an LED light for the glow.
More printing & transfer help →

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